Improvement in combined planter, cultivator, and marker



J'. K. KELLY.

COMBINED PLANTER, CULTIVATOR AND MARKER. No.181,686, PatentedxAug. 29,1876..

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IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED PLANTER, CULTIVATOR, AND MARKER.

. Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,686, dated August 29, 1876; application filed March 2l, 1876.

To all whom it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, JosEPI-I K. KELLY, of Algonquin, -in the county of McHenry and State ot' Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Planter, Cultivator, and Marker, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved Fig. 2 is a top View ot' the same. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section of the same, taken through the dropping device. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the plow-beams, showing its furrowing and its covering plows attached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved machine which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted for use for marking-oft' land for planting the seed, and for cultivating the plants, and which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective in operation in either capacity.

.The invention consists in the combination of the wedge, the rollers, and the lever, with the dropping-slides,'the` box, and the slotted standards; in the combination of the perforated rubber blocks, and the perforated rubber plates, with the dropping-slides and the bottoms of the hoppers, in the combination of the valve-blocks, the valve-boxes, and the cross-bar, with the plow-standards, and with the wedge that operates the dropping-slides; in the combination of the bar with the rollerstandards, to receive the couplings of the plowstandards.

Aare the wheels, which revolve upon the journals ofthe axle B. To the axle B is rigidly att-ached the side bars of the frame 0,'

which projects forward, and to which and to the axle B is attached the tongue D. To the rear ends of the side bars ofthe frame C, and close to the rear side of the axle B, are hinged the forward ends of the side bars of the rear frame E. To the rear part of the side bars of the hinged I'rameE is attached a box, F, in the end parts of which are placed the dropping-slides G.

To the inner ends of the dropping-slides G are pivoted cross-rollers H, which rest against.

the inclined sides of the wedge or cam I, which passes down between them, and through an opening in the bottom of the box F, and its lower end or point is attached to a cross-bar, J, placedupon the bottom of the said box F. Upon the top ofthe wedge or cam I is formed a lng or stem, which enters a hole in a lever, K, placed above a-nd parallel with the box F, and the ends of which enter guide-slots in the standards L attached to the ends of the box F. One end of the lever K is pivoted to its` guide-standard L and its other end is freef The downward movement of the free end of the lever K is limited by 4a hanger, M, attached to it adjustably, and which strikes against the top ofthe box F, so that'the downward movement of the said lever may be regulated by adjusting the position upon it ofthe said hanger M. To the top of the end parts of the box F are attached the hoppers N, which are arranged in pairs, so that different kinds `of seed may be dropped into the same hill.

them beneath the discharge-holes in the bottom of the hoppers, to allow the seed to pass to the\ blocks O. By this constructionv the rubbers Q P prevent the kernels from being injured by the movements of the droppingslides Gr.

The inner sides of the boxes S are made V-shaped, and the valve-blocks R are made slightly V-shaped, and are pivoted to each other at their middleparts by lugs and notches, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper end of one ofthe blocks It of each pair is connected with the cross-bar J. By this construction, as the lever K is forced down to force the droppingslides G outward to receive the seed, the valveblocks R will be forced downward by the downward movement of the cross bar J; The downward movement of the valve-blocks R causes their lower ends to open, dropping the seed. As the valve-blocks B move upward their upper ends are opened to receive the seed for the next hill from the dropping-slides Gr as they move inward. The droppingfslides G are forced inward7 as the wedge or cam I rises, by the springs V interposed between them and the standards L. The seed is covered by the plows W, which are attached to the lower ends of the standards X. The upper ends of the standards T and X pass up through, and are secured in, holes in the coupling-blocks Y. The inner ends of the coupling-blocks Y have stems formed upon them, which enter and are secured in holes in the plow-beams Z. The forward ends of the plow` beams Z are hinged to the rear ends of the coupling-blocks A', the forward ends of which have long tenons formed upon them, which enter and are pivoted in logitudinal slots in. the front cross-bar of the frameC. Upon the, rear ends of the plow-beams Z are formed long tenons, which enter longitudinal slots in the `cross-bar B', the ends of which enter and slide up and down in grooves in the blocks C' attached to the rear parts of the side bars of; the hinged frame E. In keepers D', attachedv to the beams Z, is placed a cross-rod,-E', upon which are hooked chains F'. Theother ends of the chains F' are attached to the cam-levers G', which are pivoted to the seat-frame vH', and which may be reversed or changed from one side of the franie to the other, when desired. The frame H is attached to the tongue D and axle B, and to it is attached the drivers seat I. The seat I' is adjustable, so that the driversweight may be brought over any desired part ofthe machine. To the seat-frame the rollers N', by which the rear part of the hinged frane E is supported, and which are concaved to press the soil down upon the seeds. The standards O' of the rollers N' are attached to the rear cross-bar of said frame E. To the standards O' of the rollers N' is attached-a bar, P',wl1ich is made longer than the width of the frame, and in the ends and center of which are formed holes to receive the couplings Y of the plow-standards T X, to mark the land, three rows at a time. With this construction the machine may be used as a planter and as a cult1vator,withoutchan e; and the only change necessary to adjust it or use as a marker is to detach three of the couplings Y and their standards and attach them to the cross-bar P'.

Two sets of holes are formed in the dropping-slides Gr, so that the hoppers N and the `dropping devices can be adjusted to plant the rows at different distances apart.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire .to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.- The combination of the wedge I, the rollers H, and thelever K, with the droppingslides G, the box F, and the slotted standf ards L, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination -of the perforated rubber blocks O, and the perforated rubber plates P, with the dropping-slides G, and the bottoms of the hoppers N,:substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

3. The combination of the valve-blocks R, the valve-box S, and the cross-bar J, with the plow-standards T, and with the wedge -I that operates the dropping-slides, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination of the bar P' with `the.

roller-standards O', to receive the couplings Y of the'plow-standards T X, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOSEPH K. KELLY. Witnesses:

J UsTUs F. KLINGK, VDANIEL MGGLUER. 

